The Decision Maker's Playbook

12 Tactics For Thinking Clearly, Navigating Uncertainty And Making Smarter Choices
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-292-12933-4
Verlag: Pearson

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 184 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

is an easy-to-use, “how-to” toolkit to improve managers' decision making, using visualisations, relevant examples and actionable checklists that cater to its main target group: analytically interested, busy managers and entrepreneurs.

will help readers navigate a complex world. Along the four chapters of the books, it will help you in:

1. Collective Evidence

2. Connecting the Dots

3. Crafting the Approach

4. Complete the Mission

is your personal toolbox to help you make better decisions. It offers practical advice to help you understand, analyse and shape your world.

As simplified representations of reality, the models portrayed in this book allow us to see patterns, identify relationships, and view the world from different vantage points. They help us understand and break up complex phenomena into tractable pieces.

From over to , this book will make lesser known but highly relevant models available for immediate use – in a visual way, supported by applicable case studies and without jargon.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mueller, Simon

Dhar, Julia

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Part 1 Collect evidence
• 1 Illuminate your blind spots
• 2 Bust your biases
• 3 Explore your data
• Part 2 Connect the dots
• 4 Drill down
• 5 Move the needle
• 6 See the big picture
• Part 3 Craft the approach
• 7 Think on the margin
• 8 Score points
• 9 Walk the talk
• Part 4 Complete the mission
• 10 Multiply your possibilities
• 11 Engineer incentives
• 12 Make it happen
• 13 Conclusion
• Appendix: Confidence calibration
• Further resources

Über Autor(innen)

Simon Mueller is a Project Leader at . Previously he served as the General Manager of the , the firm’s strategy and macroeconomics think-tank. Simon has advised industrial and technology clients in North & Latin America, Europe and Asia, where he worked extensively on strategic and transformative projects focusing on advanced technologies such as robotics and 3D-printing. Simon is also co-founder of the global non-profit organization , which develops governance solutions to ensure safety, fairness and shared prosperity in light of the rise of intelligent/autonomous systems.

Julia Dhar is a Partner at . She co-founded and leads BeSmart, the firm’s behavioral economics initiative, where she uses her expertise to make organizations more productive, profitable and happier. She has works extensively across the United States, the Middle East and Asia in the public and private sectors. Julia has also held policy and advisory roles in government, including Private Secretary to New Zealand’s Minister of Finance.